COTA planning to expand routes and stops

The Dispatch wrote Bus system planning to expand routes, stops

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

By Debbie Gebolys

As COTA gains riders, the bus system plans to add two Park & Ride locations next month and expand service in several areas. The Central Ohio Transit Authority will make changes to 28 routes on Jan. 5. In nearly all cases, service is expanding.

The last time COTA added a Park & Ride was in 2003, shortly after the system began facing financial troubles that led to several years of route cuts. Now, the system is gaining riders and sales tax revenue.

COTA officials will explain the changes at noon Wednesday at the Rhodes Tower, 30 E. Broad St., and at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Linden Transit Center, 1390 Cleveland Ave. Route details are available at cota.com.

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